Guy M. Davenport Jr.

The short story writer and essayist, shown in 1990, was a longtime professor at the University of Kentucky who taught classes on Ezra Pound, Marcel Proust and Thomas Mann.

The short story writer and essayist, shown in 1990, was a longtime professor at the University of Kentucky who taught classes on Ezra Pound, Marcel Proust and Thomas Mann. (Charles Bertram / Lexington Herald-Leader)

The short story writer and essayist, shown in 1990, was a longtime professor at the University of Kentucky who taught classes on Ezra Pound, Marcel Proust and Thomas Mann.